Swimming at the 1963 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle

International sporting event
Men's 400 metre freestyle at the 1963 Pan American Games
Venue-
Medalists
Gold medal Roy Saari  United States
Silver medal Don Schollander  United States
Bronze medal Sandy Gilchrist  Canada
«1959
1967»

The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1963 Pan American Games took place on April.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was George Breen of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.[8]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified GR Games record NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats

Final

The final was held on April.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Roy Saari  United States 4:19.3
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Don Schollander  United States 4:23.3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sandy Gilchrist  Canada 4:29.1
4 Ralph Hutton  Canada 4:34.0
5 Alfredo Guzmán  Mexico 4:39.1
6 Teodoro Capriles  Venezuela 4:39.3
7 - - -
8 - - -

References

  1. ^ a b "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  2. ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  3. ^ Hickosports Results
  4. ^ All Pan medalists - Male
  5. ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-28.
  6. ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  7. ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2013-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine